Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in New York and the county seat of Monroe County. It was founded after the American Revolutionary War by English-Puritan descendants from New England, being settled in 1788 and incorporated on 21 March 1817. It was named for Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, and it became the seat of Monroe County in 1821. In 1834, it was re-chartered as a city, and it was the center of several revivals during the Second Great Awakening. By the mid-19th century, it became known as a plant nursery, and Rochester became home to powerful female activists Susan B. Anthony and Emma Goldman. After the American Civil War, the city had an expansion of new industries and experienced high levels of immigration. In 2017, Rochester had a population of 208,046 people.